After a week with 2.8.7. I have observed quite a few ROBUST improvements and optimizations on my Air G.T.P.!
Observations :
- I was able to achieve EPA Range estimate with my Air G.T.P. with 21 inch summer tires for a segment of distance traveled.
- Proximity Unlocking and locking Works Wonders now assuming you have the Lucid App running in the background with background refresh and location to always on iPhone.
- If that fails 1/10 times just take out your iPhone (I also suggest placing a Lucid Widget on one of your Home Screen Panels)
- Accelerator pedal no longer feels like a pushing a brick at low speeds or highway speeds. The accelerator pedal feels more natural; comparable to cars with progressive inputs and little resistance.
- Regenerative braking deceleration forces are more gradual and smooth even on high regenerative braking mode. The regenerative braking in this software update is Significantly smoother since there is no constant brick resistive force on the accelerator pedal. You are able to gradually and linearly decelerate the car with modulate able regenerative lift off of the accelerator pedal in which will help achieve EPA range.
- I have CCCv2 and have not seen any Blank Instrument Panel screen failures. (*Knocks on Wood and Fingers Crossed*).
Let me know if y'll observe similar behaviors!
All of this sounds great, but here's what I do not understand:
If observations 1 through 4 were actually the result of this OTA update, why would Lucid choose not to mention a single one of these improvements in the release notes? Each one is independently important/positive/exciting enough to receive its own Twitter post.
When a release merely states "Increased robustness"... and some owners say "Yeah this update didn't do anything but break [this] or reduce the functionality of [that]", while other owners say "This update has boosted my range, corrected my Mobile Key behavior, improved accelerator pedal feel, and smoothed out the regenerative braking", it hurts the credibility of the latter experience. This is why people are asking for detailed/technical changelogs. Now everyone is going to read Takeshi's post and think "Wait, is my car supposed to have these changes? Did the update install itself properly? Did this guy just get lucky and the update worked better for him for no apparent reason? Is this person a walking demonstration of the Placebo Effect?"
No one can draw any conclusions when the only official, manufacturer-supplied source of information is completely devoid of detail.